A group of wild elephants has made it possible for Police to identify a group of people who may have crossed the Chinese border illegally, the Global Times newspaper reported today.
In the southern province of Yunnan, Police received word that a group of elephants was prowling near a road. sent a drone to track the movements of the thick-skinned Last August, while the drone with 2 cameras was following the footprints of the animals, the police detected it in the images. five suspected of crossing the border illegally. While five people, whose nationalities have not been disclosed, were arrested, the investigation into the incident continues.
The mountainous province of Yunnan has borders with Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar, and since the outbreak of the pandemic they have remained practically closed under the Chinese zero covid strategy, one of whose bases is to prevent the importation of cases from abroad. The province is also known for frequent elephant sightings.
Last year, started a group of durable leather migrations Images of animals roaming the province’s south to north and in the Yunnan mountains subsequently received a lot of attention in the media and social networks, both in China and internationally. State media emphasizes that the population of wild Asian elephants living in Yunnan – under state protection at level A, is the highest in China – 300 individuals, 107 more than in 1980.